European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

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The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a Council of Europe treaty aimed at protecting and promoting historical regional and minority languages across member states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Europe treaty
human rights instrument
international treaty
multilateral treaty
adoptedBy Council of Europe
adoptedByBody Council of Europe
surface form: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
adoptionDate 1992-11-05
aimsTo promote the use of regional and minority languages in public and private life
protect historical regional and minority languages in Europe
safeguard Europe’s cultural heritage
appliesTo historical minority languages
historical regional languages
coversPolicyArea administrative authorities and public services
cultural activities and facilities
economic and social life
education
judicial authorities
media
transfrontier exchanges
depository Secretary General of the Council of Europe
draftedIn English
French
enteredIntoForceDate 1998-03-01
establishesBody Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
excludes dialects of the official language that are not distinct languages
languages of recent immigrants
non-territorial languages unless explicitly covered
fullName European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages self-link
geographicalScope member states of the Council of Europe
hasPart Part I – General provisions
Part II – Objectives and principles
Part III – Measures for the promotion of regional or minority languages
Part IV – Control mechanisms
Part V – Final provisions
legalStatus binding on ratifying states
monitoringMechanism Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Council of Europe
surface form: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
openedForSignatureDate 1992-11-05
placeOfAdoption France
Strasbourg
promotesPrinciple facilitation and encouragement of the use of regional or minority languages in public life
non-discrimination of speakers of regional or minority languages
respect for the geographical area of each language
relatedTo Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
requires periodic state reports on implementation
selection of specific undertakings by each state for each language
shortName ECRML
subjectMatter linguistic rights
protection of minority languages
protection of regional languages
typeOfRight collective cultural right

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Scottish Gaelic recognizedUnder European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages fullName European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages self-link
Scots recognizedUnder European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Council of Europe hasInstrument European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 relatedTo European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
ECRML fullName European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Part IV – Control mechanisms partOf European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Part IV – Control mechanisms enteredIntoForceWith European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Low German isProtectedUnder European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Sami recognizedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages appliesTo European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages basedOn European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages legalBasis European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Saterland Frisian protectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
CoE hasTreaty European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
subject surface form: Council of Europe
Sorbian languages protectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
FCNM relatedInstrument European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Council of Europe treaty monitoring system monitors European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Frisian (partially) recognizedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
subject surface form: Frisian languages
Kven language hasMinorityLanguageStatusUnder European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages definedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Kven people protectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Sorbs protectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Sardinian language recognizedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Dutch Low Saxon recognizedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Cornish recognizedUnder European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
North Frisian protectedUnder European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
West Frisian hasMinorityLanguageStatus European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Saterland hasMinorityLanguageProtection European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Sorbian people minorityRightsProtectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Sámi languages protectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Tornedalians legalProtection European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages